02 Mar 2005 08:08 AM

The US Supreme Court said Tuesday the US Constitution bars capital punishment for juvenile crimes. The decision will save lives of more than 70 people in 12 states.

02 Mar 2005 08:01 AM

A tribunal court judge and his son were killed in Baghdad on Tuesday a day after the Iraqi special tribunal was set to try the members of Hussein’s regime.

01 Mar 2005 06:20 PM

China has left US behind in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods, a survey has found. With a growing economy and 1.3 billion people of population, it has turned into the world’s largest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel, said the Earth Policy Institute. But China’s enormous demands are jeopardizing the country’s natural resources, as nature is unable to renovate

01 Mar 2005 12:23 PM

Mr. Rader, a father of two, an address-checker for the Census Bureau, a code compliance officer in his hometown of Park City, turned out to be the committer of serial crimes, as the police report. "I never would have guessed in a million years," said Carole Nelson, a member of the Christ Lutheran Church, where Rader served as the church council.

01 Mar 2005 12:10 PM

Iran faces strong criticism from the UN nuclear watchdog for ignoring the aftermath of developing nuclear weapons. On Sunday, Russia and Iran signed the agreement on exporting nuclear fuel to Iran, despite strong objections from the US. Under the deal, Russia will export nuclear fuel to Iran, and then take back the spent fuel.

01 Mar 2005 11:59 AM

This year Academy Awards dwindled down all the illusions of a bright show when its host Chris Rock started cracking jokes on movie stars and the industry.

01 Mar 2005 11:52 AM

About 330 passengers and crew have been evacuated from a Pakistan-Toronto flight after the undercarriage of Boeing 777 took fire at Manchester Airport Tuesday.

01 Mar 2005 11:10 AM

U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow, after returning from work on Monday, found two bodies in her apartment.

01 Mar 2005 11:00 AM

The video obtained by the Iraqi agencies released on Tuesday displays the kidnapped French journalist Florence Aubenas, seized in Baghdad about seven weeks ago appealling for help.

01 Mar 2005 10:56 AM

The International Space Station’s astronauts will receive food, oxygen and other replacement supplies as a Russian unmanned spaceship lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday.

01 Mar 2005 09:49 AM

Steve Fossett, an adventurer from the US, says his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer is ready to fly over the globe in 80 hours with single engine and without refueling.

01 Mar 2005 09:43 AM

Palestine will see little success in reforming unless peace process with Israel advances, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an international meeting in London.

01 Mar 2005 08:46 AM

Relatives continue seeking for the corpses of people killed by a suicide car bomber Monday in Iraqi city of Hilla.

01 Mar 2005 08:33 AM

The Vatican official said the Pope regained his speech and was talking to him in two languages. On Tuesday, John Paul was talking to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in Italian and German in a working meeting at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic hospital. He is now recovering from the operation he underwent after being rushed to the hospital with breathing problems.

01 Mar 2005 08:26 AM

The State Department’s reported an array of human rights abuses in Russia, Belarus, Burma, Sudan, and Bangladesh.